AGENDA
18 APRIL 2024
Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome
09:15 – 09:30
Forum Moderator: Eylem Certel
Welcome Remarks
09:30 – 09:45
Ayça Haykır, Etkiniz EU Programme Team Leader
Odoardo Como, Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to Türkiye
Keynote Speech
09:45 – 10:00
Assoc. Prof. Jarna Petman
Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Panel discussion- SOLIDARITY: International civil society in solidarity with local civil society for a more impactful human rights monitoring and advocacy
10:00 – 11:15
Emma Sinclair-Webb
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Ioulietta Bisiouli
The European Implementation Network (EIN)
Lianne Minasian
Child Rights International Network (CRIN)
Moderator: Emel Kurma
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
Panel discussion- ACCOUNTABILITY: International human rights bodies as accountability mechanisms for human rights organisations
11:45 – 13:00
Prof. Hélène Tigroudja
Aix-Marseille University (AMU)
Assoc. Prof. Jarna Petman
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Prof. Yakın Ertürk
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls,its causes and consequences Former Member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
Moderator: Adem Arkadaş-Thibert
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
HEALING: Parallel Experience- Sharing Sessions
Solidarity Heals / Ioulietta Bisiouli (EIN), Lianne Minasian (CRIN)
Importance and ways of solidarity between national/local CSOs and international CSOs
Advocacy Heals / Emel Kurma (Citizens’ Assembly)
Advocating for human rights in times of humanitarian crisis
Justice Heals / Prof. Hélène Tigroudja (AMU)
CSOs preparing for engagement with the UN Human Rights Committee session on Türkiye
Civil Society Heals / Moderator: Cengiz Çiftçi (Oxfam KEDV)
Speakers:
Gamze Karadağ (Support to Life)
Hamit Levent Evci (People of Solidarity)
Linking human rights monitoring with humanitarian assistance: experiences, tools, recommendations
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
Learning Sessions:
Communication of Human Rights Monitoring: Hope-based communication
Facilitator: Kerem Çiftçioğlu (Truth Justice Memory Center)
Right to Housing and Disasters
Speakers:
Azize Altıok Özmen (Association of Lawyers for Universal Rights)
Metin Uzun (17 May Association)
Moderator: Ayça Bulut Bican
Importance of Regular&Systematic communication with international human rights mechanisms
Speakers:
Hilal Esmer (Association for Struggle Against Sexual Violence)
Seda Alp (Association for Monitoring Equal Rights)
Serhat Kaçan (Civil Society in the Penal System Association)
Moderator: Dr. Ezel Buse Sönmezocak (Women for Women’s Human Rights)
Digital tools for human rights monitoring
Facilitator: Kenan Dursun (Sivil Alan)
Pub quiz & Alenen Sihir Magicians
20:30
19 APRIL 2024
Why We Monitor?
10:30 – 11:30
Implementing the prohibition of discrimination in the management of disasters
Speakers:
Ayşegül Aktaş Çevik (KAMER Foundation)
Dudu Karaman (Denizli Autism Association)
Ezgi Koman (FİSA Child Rights Center)
Zozan Vargün (Romani Godi)
Umut Güner (Kaos GL)
Moderator: Feray Salman
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
Where we are and where we want to be in human rights monitoring?
12:00 – 13:00
Open discussion:
“How can we better foster solidarity?”
“How can we improve accountability?”
“What can we do to heal?”
13:00 Lunch